Briefs, May 4, 2004

A Dacono man who died when his Corvette crashed and rolled into a ditch Sunday evening has been identified as Harvey Ingmire, 59.

He was driving his sports car near the intersection of Weld County Roads 6 and 17, four miles southeast of Dacono, when he apparently lost control of the vehicle. The car skidded off the county road and rolled into the roadside ditch.

Weld County Coroner’s Office investigator Dean Beers said the Monday autopsy did not immediately indicate a cause of death. Pathologists are awaiting blood tests to determine if alcohol was involved.

Ingmire is the 31st person to die on Weld County roads this year, compared to 19 on this date in 2003.

Suicide Education and Support Services of Evans is sponsoring the second annual Step into Life, Suicide Prevention Mall Walk. The event will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. today at the center of the Greeley Mall.

Included will be a demonstration by Mountain States Karate as well as other entertainment. Information will be available on suicide prevention as well as on Suicide Education & Support Service’s activities and volunteer possibilities.

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Prizes will be awarded at the mall walk event for the “Celebrate Life! Art & Poetry Contest” winners and several door prizes will be given away. Entries to the art and poetry contest will be on display.

For information, contact the suicide education office at 506-2737, or Megan Martinez at 304-6420, Ext. 2385.

The Weld County health department will be testing dead birds for the West Nile virus beginning today.

West Nile is carried by birds and transmitted by mosquitoes who feed on them and then pass it on to humans, horses and other animals.

Testing birds is an efficient method of detecting the presence of the virus.

To be eligible for testing, a bird must have died within 48 hours, and be a member of the corvid family that includes crows, ravens, blue jays and magpies.

People who submit dead birds for testing must identify where the bird was found.

People who find the dead birds should use gloves or a shovel to put the bird in two plastic bags and then refrigerate.

Testing of dead birds will run through early July or until the virus is detected.